This tutorial will walk you through the process of installing Knot DNS on Debian Latest. Knot DNS is a high-performance authoritative-only DNS server. It is designed to be a fast, secure, and scalable DNS server that can handle large amounts of traffic.
Before we begin, you will need the following:
First, update your system's package list and install the necessary dependencies for Knot DNS:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libuv1 libssl-dev libgnutls28-dev libxml2-dev libpq-dev
Next, we need to download Knot DNS. You can download the latest version from the official website at https://www.knot-dns.cz/download/.
wget https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-dns/knot-3.0.4.tar.xz
Extract the Knot DNS archive to a directory of your choice. For this tutorial, we'll use /opt/knotdns.
sudo mkdir /opt/knotdns
sudo tar xf knot-3.0.4.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C /opt/knotdns
Now that we have extracted Knot DNS, we can compile and install it.
cd /opt/knotdns
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
You will need to create a configuration file for Knot DNS. You can create a sample configuration file and edit it according to your needs.
sudo cp /usr/local/share/doc/knot/sample.conf /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf
Once you have configured Knot DNS, you can start it by running the following command:
sudo knotd -c /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Knot DNS on Debian Latest. You can now use Knot DNS as your authoritative-only DNS server. If you have any questions, please refer to the official Knot DNS documentation at https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/.
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